Boys Cross Country Medalists
| Boys Cross Country Medalists |
| 1946 |
1 Warren Dreutzler, LaGrange (Lyons) 10:07.8 2 George Twigg, Paris 3 Randolph, Freeport (H.S.) 4 Herb Semper, Maywood (Proviso) 5 Stauduhar, Rock Island (H.S.) 6 Joseph McLafferty, Carbondale (University) 7 Don Russell, Chicago (Lane) 8 Graber, LaGrange (Lyons) 9 Crowell, Franklin Grove 10 Wisla, Chicago (Lane)
| 1947 |
1 Bob Collenberger, Paris 9:58 2 Dick Malmstrom, Moline (H.S.) 3 Moore, Peoria (Woodruff) 4 Glen Curtis, Paris 5 Barber, Des Plaines (Maine) 6 William Mulcahey, Chicago (Harrison) 7 Stacey Siders, Buffalo (Tri-City) 8 Woods, Springfield (H.S.) 9 Bob Mason, Paris 10 Eli Humerickhouse, Paris
| 1948 |
1 Stacey Siders, Buffalo (Tri-City) 9:55.3 2 Glen Curtis, Paris 3 Bob Collenberger, Paris 4 Jim Acklin, Paris 5 Dean Anderson, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 6 Irwin Rietz, Rock Island (H.S.) 7 Art Ashcroft, Collinsville 8 Darrell Smith, Erie 9 Joe Coseglia, Elmhurst (York) 10 Jerold Richard, Chicago (Englewood)
| 1949 |
1 James Henry, Evanston (Twp.) 9:35.1 2 Irwin Rietz, Rock Island (H.S.) 9:36.9 3 Ted Wheeler, Evanston (Twp.) 4 Jim Acklin, Paris 5 Richard Jarrett, Summit (Argo) 6 William McHugh, Evanston (Twp.) 7 Ben Pippenger, Hinsdale (Twp.) 8 Eddie Laughlin, Paris 9 John Coseglia, Elmhurst (York) 10 Charles Willigan, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
| 1950 |
1 Steve Murphy, Chicago (Calumet) 9:47.6 2 Charles Matheny, Paris 3 Clarence Jonas, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 4 James Henry, Evanston (Twp.) 5 Charles Towns, Chicago (Englewood) 6 Don Hecke, East St. Louis (Sr.) 7 Eddie Laughlin, Paris 8 Arthur Gimble, Lincoln 9 Lynn Romann, Granite City 10 Harold Neumann, Metamora
| 1951 |
1 Charles Matheny, Paris 10:22.4 2 Verlon Sheuring, Urbana (H.S.) 3 Larry Barrett, Waukegan (H.S.) 4 John Mock, Urbana (H.S.) 5 Mickey Harvey, Paris 6 Tom Luker, Urbana (H.S.) 7 George Drake, LaGrange (Lyons) 8 Charles Hakes, Peoria (Woodruff) 9 Tom Walton, Peoria (Woodruff) 10 Dennis Murphy, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
| 1952 |
1 Charles Hakes, Peoria (Woodruff) 10:16.6 2 Dale Nevel, Marengo 3 Verlon Sheuring, Urbana (H.S.) 4 Leslie Hale, Alton (Sr.) 5 Charles Ingram, Toledo (Cumberland) 6 Richard Campbell, Joliet (Twp.) 7 Mike Barry, LaGrange (Lyons) 8 David Stern, Rockford (West) 9 David Moore, Danville (H.S.) 10 James Shively, Peoria (H.S.)
| 1953 |
1 Louis Kujawinski, Evanston (Twp.) 9:21.6 2 John Hitt, Evanston (Twp.) 3 Howard McClain, Toledo (Cumberland) 4 James Shively, Peoria (H.S.) 5 Ernest Billups, Chicago (Tilden) 6 David Stern, Rockford (West) 7 Ed Ethington, Mattoon 8 James Pruitt, Toledo (Cumberland) 9 Mike Barry, LaGrange (Lyons) 10 Clinton Byrd, Princeton
| 1954 |
1 Fred Sandoval, East Moline (United) 9:34 2 Don Imrie, Joliet (Twp.) 3 Dan Ryan, Aurora (East) 4 LeRoy Finley, Chicago (Dunbar) 5 James Pruitt, Toledo (Cumberland) 6 Dave Hahl, Hinsdale (Twp.) 7 Don Wheeler, Paris 8 Kay Manning, Shelbyville 9 Bill Norton, Peoria (Woodruff) 10 Jerry Stewardson, Shelbyville
| 1955 |
1 Jim Bowers, DeKalb 9:15.2 2 Fred Sandoval, East Moline (United) 3 Kenneth Brown, Elgin (H.S.) 4 John Hernandez, East Moline (United) 5 Cecil Wilson, Madison 6 Brian White, Rockford (East) 7 Dick Townsend, Rockford (East) 8 David McDill, Mascoutah 9 Jim Kastner, Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) 10 Roger Reynolds, Chicago (Crane)
| 1956 |
1 Brian White, Rockford (East) 9:31.8 2 Bill Gillingham, Peoria (Woodruff) 3 Dave Larson, Downers Grove (H.S.) 4 Ron Vonesh, Franklin Park-Northlake (Leyden) 5 Bill Mellon, Mazon 6 Phil Wooledge, LaGrange (Lyons) 7 Charles Glaeser, Alton (Sr.) 8 Ron Dunbar, Alton (Sr.) 9 Don Thomas, Carlinville 10 Leonard Williamson, Chicago (Englewood)
| 1957 |
1 Ray Ott, Moline (H.S.) 9:31.8 2 Bob Lindrud, Moline (H.S.) 3 Bill Gillingham, Peoria (Woodruff) 4 Bill Mellon, Mazon 5 Phil Wooledge, LaGrange (Lyons) 6 Dave Larson, Downers Grove (H.S.) 7 Tom Whitmore, Evanston (Twp.) 8 Mike Brazier, Edwardsville (H.S.) 9 Bill Wise, Maywood (Proviso East) 10 Charles Kennedy, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.)
| 1958 |
1 Marvin Silliman, Kankakee (Sr.) 9:21.0 2 Weymouth Kirkland, Winnetka (New Trier) 3 Jerry McFadden, Belleville (Twp.) 4 Robin Turba, Chicago (Lane) 5 Lynn Griffith, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 6 Allen Carius, Morton 7 Ed Wentz, Edwardsville (H.S.) 8 Don Trowbridge, Alton (Sr.) 9 Rudolph Morgan, Chicago (Phillips) 10 Jim McElwee, Tolono (Unity)
| 1959 |
1 Weymouth Kirkland, Winnetka (New Trier) 9:20.5 2 Allen Carius, Morton 3 Jack Kragie, Des Plaines (Maine) 4 Keith McNeil, St. Charles (H.S.) 5 Wiley Wright, Moline (H.S.) 6 Dave Stinebeck, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) 7 Dan Watrous, Alton (Sr.) 8 Jesse Smith, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 9 Keith Leoni, Elmwood Park 10 Ron Evans, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.)
| 1960 |
1 Weymouth Kirkland, Winnetka (New Trier) 9:15.0 2 Wiley Wright, Moline (H.S.) 3 George Clarke, Elmwood Park 4 Jim Weinert, Highland Park 5 Dave Stinebeck, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) 6 John Trowbridge, Alton (Sr.) 7 John Kragie, Park Ridge (Maine East) 8 Dave Bartel, Wheaton (H.S.) 9 Ron Evans, Wood River (East Alton-W.R.) 10 Rick Cunningham, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)
| 1961 |
1 Jim Weinert, Highland Park 10:11.3 2 Dave Bartel, Wheaton (H.S.) 3 Barney Peterson, Hillside (Proviso West) 4 Charles Schulz, Evanston (Twp.) 5 Richard Renn, Winnetka (New Trier) 6 George Burnham, Edwardsville (H.S.) 7 John Trowbridge, Alton (Sr.) 8 Robert Wright, Moline (H.S.) 9 Rod Collins, Morton 10 Fred Logan, Elmhurst (York)
| 1962 |
1 Charles Schulz, Evanston (Twp.) 9:57.0 2 Robert Barber, Skokie (Niles West) 3 Jerry Kusek, Palatine (H.S.) 4 Jim Isaacson, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) 5 Rod Collins, Morton 6 Ken Swanson, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) 7 Larry Wiezorek, Maywood (Proviso East) 8 John Woods, Elmhurst (York) 9 Mike Harvile, LaGrange (Lyons) 10 Bob Culbertson, Rockford (East)
| 1963 |
1 Charles Schulz, Evanston (Twp.) 9:30.9 2 Steve Bukieda, Chicago (Lane) 3 Bernie Cobar, Chicago (Lane) 4 John Brunner, Arlington Heights (Arlington) 5 Larry Wiezorek, Maywood (Proviso East) 6 Walter Weinert, Deerfield 7 Ted Zilmer, Park Ridge (Maine East) 8 Craig Grant, Hillside (Proviso West) 9 Pat Edmondson, Waukegan (H.S.) 10 Ed Kalsbeek, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)
| 1964 |
1 Bruce Bowman, Hillside (Proviso West) 9:36.8 2 John Greco, Des Plaines (Maine West) 3 Craig Grant, Hillside (Proviso West) 4 William Stevens, Chicago (St. Ignatius) 5 Walter Weinert, Deerfield 6 John Woods, Elmhurst (York) 7 Steve Szabo, Chicago (Senn) 8 George McGregor, Elmhurst (York) 9 Gregg Wright, Downers Grove (H.S.) 10 Jerry Mentz, Hillside (Proviso West)
| 1965 |
1 Mike Collins, Winnetka (New Trier) 9:53.4 2 Doug Williamson, Libertyville 3 William Johnson, Park Forest (Rich East) 4 Dave Calvert, Rockford (Guilford) 5 Don Dement, Elmhurst (York) 6 Gregory Dykstra, Rockford (Guilford) 7 Mike Waters, Moline (H.S.) 8 Rick Wohlhuter, St. Charles (H.S.) 9 Peter Lanners, Skokie (Niles East) 10 Dirett Alfred, Chicago (Harlan)
| 1966 |
1 Jim Press, Riverside (R.-Brookfield) 9:45.4 2 Dave Calvert, Rockford (Guilford) 3 Rick Wohlhuter, St. Charles (H.S.) 4 Lee LaBadie, Des Plaines (Maine West) 5 Bill Brown, Pekin 6 Alan Taylor, Urbana (H.S.) 7 Carl Ruzicka, Berwyn (Morton West) 8 Bob Piercy, Ottawa (Twp.) 9 Fred Depooter, Moline (H.S.) 10 John Schafer, Addison (A. Trail)
| 1967 |
1 Lee LaBadie, Des Plaines (Maine West) 9:54.4 2 Rich Elliott, Hillside (Proviso West) 3 Jack Gilio, Park Ridge (Maine East) 4 Dave Dieters, Arlington Heights (Arlington) 5 Bill Biliskis, Villa Park (Willowbrook) 6 Bill Brown, Pekin 7 Larry Cobb, Peoria (Richwoods) 8 Duane Smith, Moline (H.S.) 9 Scott Butler, Arlington Heights (Arlington) 10 Mark Visk, Palatine (H.S.)
| 1968 |
1 Ken Popejoy, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) 13:26.3 2 Duane Smith, Moline (H.S.) 3 Peter Reiff, Elmhurst (York) 4 Gerry Couch, Ottawa (Twp.) 5 Willie Thomas, Chicago (Englewood) 6 Steve Van Swearingen, Evanston (Twp.) 7 Dan Hartung, Downers Grove (North) 8 Deanne Foote, Elmhurst (York) 9 Pat Mandera, Cicero (Morton East) 10 Mark Stevens, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 11 Dave Dickow, Addison (A. Trail) 12 David Merrick (So.), New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) 13 Ed Wagner, Elmhurst (York) 14 Scott Butler, Arlington Heights (Arlington) 15 Mike Tucker, Evanston (Twp.)
| 1969 |
1 David Merrick (Jr.), New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) 13:19.4 2 Andy Isla-Rubert, Hillside (Proviso West) 3 Dan Pittenger, Palatine (Fremd) 4 Fred Beck, Norridge (Ridgewood) 5 Jerome Hines, Winnetka (New Trier) 6 Rick Randall, Park Ridge (Maine East) 7 Pat Mandera, Cicero (Morton East) 8 Carl Ostby, Riverside (R.-Brookfield) 9 Nick Valentino, Riverside (R.-Brookfield) 10 Mark Schmelzel, Elmhurst (York) 11 Steve Perkovich, DeKalb 12 Don Ellis, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) 13 Scott Butler, Arlington Heights (Arlington) 14 Gerry Couch, Ottawa (Twp.) 15 Jim Verchota, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)
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